Holder for electric-light fixtures



P. ALTAMURA HOLDER FOR ELECTRIC EIGHT FIXTURES I Filed Oct. 20. 1922 7 6 l A; W v 7 1-. /4 l 7 /8 (j I. 7 W /z s IWI Patented ec. 18, 1923.

1 air stares PASQUALE ALTAMURA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SIMPLEX METAL SPINNING & STAYMPING 00., INO., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR ELECTRIC-LIGHT FIXTURES.

Application filed October 20, 1822.

T1 '0 all whom a may concern Be it known that I, PAs UALn ALTAMURA,

residing at 971()3 East Houston Street, in

the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, and being a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Holders for Electric- Light Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lighting fixtures, and more particularly to what are commonly known as ceiling fixtures.

The principal object of this invention is 5 to provide a fixture designed for inclosing and rigidly supporting an ordinary electric light socket in place.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a canopy which is designed to be secured to a support and to removably support a shade supporting member into which the electric light socket is fitted.

With the above and other objects in view, all of which will become more apparent as 25 the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view partly in section of this improved lighting fixture,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the device showing the same equipped with a. pull chain socket.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral designates a conventional electric light socket, which is fitted into the upper reduced end 11 of a shade holding member 12, which is substantially bell shaped, as shown and provided adjacent the upper terminal with an outwardly extending annular head 13. As illustrated in Figure 1, the neck or reduced portion 11 is inwardly offset immediately beneath the bead, as at 14, to provide an annular shoulder for engagement with the flange of the cap member of the socket 10.

Serial No. 595,817.

A canopy 15 which is adapted to be secured to a support is provided, and has formed integrally therewith a depending neck 16 of a diameter to fit snugly about the upper reduced portion 11 of the shade holder 12. Formed at the point where the neck 16 joins the canopy is an inwardly extending bead 2 1, which cooperates with the shoulder 14, in retaining the socket 10 in position. As illustrated, the lower end of this depending neck is formed with an outwardly extending annular bead 17, which is designed to fit over the bead 13, to securely hold the parts in assembled position. In order to enable the device to be readily assembled, the neck 16 is formed with a plurality of vertically extending slots 18, which form a multiplicity of yieldable arms for gripping the neck 11 and bead 13.

A clamp ring 19 it fitted around the neck 16 and by drawing up the screw 20, it will be seen that the ring may be tightened about the neck to avoid accidental displacement.

In the form of device shown in Figure 3, the socket 10 is provided with the customary pull chain 21, which operates through the bell shaped tube 22, which in turn is received in the slot 23, formed in the reduced end 11 of the shade holding element 12. The canopy neck 16 is fitted into place as previously described, and thus it will be seen that the device may be made to fit any de sired type of socket.

lVhile in the foregoing, there has been shown and described the preferred embodiments of this invention, it is to be understood that certain minor changes: in the details of construction, combination and arrangem ent of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is An electric light fixture comprising a canopy, a reduced neck at the lower end of said canopy, an inwardly extending annular bead intermediate the ends of the neck, a multiplicity of yieldable fingers depending from the inwardly extending head, a globe holder, a reduced neck at the upper end of the globe ill) holder, said neck being adapted to snugly fit around a lamp socket, an outwardly extending annular bead at the lower end of the neck of the globe holder, an inwardly- 5 ofi'set shoulder at the lower end of the last named head, I said shoulder and the first named bead cooperating in rigidly supporting the lamp socket, the yieldable fingers being adapted to grip the last named head when the device is assembled, and a clamp ring adapted to embrace the neck on the canopy to hold the fingers in clamped position.

PAS QUALE ALTA-MURA. 

